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Chairs of all UK cross-party committees urge £20 week UC uplift to be kept and extended to legacy benefits
25 July 2021 | News
... to legacy benefits, which are disproportionately claimed by disabled people. Ending the uplift would mean that the 6 ... parents, BAME families, and families where someone is disabled are disproportionately affected. Even with the ... make an early statement confirming your intention and we look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Neil Gray ...
Government loses bedroom tax case over treatment of children
26 January 2016 | News
... tenants and whether they discriminate unlawfully against disabled children who need overnight care. Paul and Susan ... two people at all times. His grandparents, who are both disabled themselves, struggle to look after him alone and need the help of two paid carers ...
Aspires proposed Housing and Planning Bill amendment
03 February 2016 | News
... the housing needs of a range of social groups – including disabled people – in their local plans, this clearly ... or affordable housing alone; without allowing for those looking to rent or buy privately. We therefore urgently need ... local planning authorities to meet the housing needs of disabled people in their local plans, this clearly isn’t ...
Align social security with health and care systems and fully fund advice provision: open letter to Government
23 November 2020 | News
... people with mental health needs and families that include a disabled adult or child safe, in the first instance Enables ... and families Removes the application of sanctions to disabled people and the requirement for disabled people to look for work while they wait for an assessment Mitigates ...
End of lockdown: one size fits all approach fails shielders
22 June 2020 | News
... plans to relax rules for shielders, including many disabled people and people with chronic health conditions, ... to take this risk when we don’t have the evidence of the loosening of restrictions on the R rate, or an effective ...
Ian Duncan Smith gives reasons for resigning
18 March 2016 | News
... come to believe that the latest changes to benefits to the disabled and the context in which they've been made are a ... of power. I hope as the government goes forward you can look again, however, at the balance of the cuts you have ...
DR UK CEO Kamran Malick's Global Summit Speech
23 July 2018 | News
... Kamran's speech The key lesson from history is that disabled people must lead the campaign for their own rights. ... does not come from spontaneous innovation by governments. Disabled people’s rights have been achieved through ... faced by disabled people. In 10 years time, will we look back on the current period and recognise the fierce ...
Cabinet office fails to engage with DPOs
28 January 2019 | News
This is a letter from a Coalition of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), to the Cabinet Office, about a workshop on the barriers facing disabled people, which failed to invite any actual DPOs. To: ... and the principle of ‘nothing about us without us’ We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely Damian ...
UC is “not fit for purpose”: TUC calls for a new benefit “to deliver a fair and dignified system for everyone”
22 September 2022 | News
... Issue: UC fails to fully recognise the extra costs disabled people incur. Financial support for some groups of disabled people will be much lower in UC than current ... No one should lose out financially in UC; we need to look beyond transitional protection to ensure that disabled ...
ESA and WCA Assessments: Government response
30 November 2014 | News
... Allowance and Work Capability Assessments. The Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper today responded on behalf of the ... In his foreword to the Government's response Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper announces a package of measures ... where appropriate, proactive work search that treats looking for work as a full time activity. For the first time ...